Example sentences of "'ve [been] [verb] [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You 've been watching too many late-night movies . |
| 2 | You 've been watching too many sick films about psychopaths . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ I think you 've been watching too many movies . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ I think you 've been watching too much television . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ Jacqui , you 've been watching too much television . |
| 6 | ‘ You 've been watching too much Hill Street Blues , ’ he said . |
| 7 | Perhaps I 've been watching too much television yes . |
| 8 | ‘ I do n't know if Alexandra has told you , but we 've been hoping very much to feature your next collection in our spring bumper issue , ’ Felicity said . |
| 9 | And I 'm aware that I 've been called too bland on occasions . |
| 10 | That 's probably the trouble if you 've been eating too much . |
| 11 | They 've been reading too much space fiction . |
| 12 | ‘ I think you 've been reading too many thrillers , Superintendent . ’ |
| 13 | " And you 've been reading too many novels . |
| 14 | ‘ You 've been reading too many Sunday supplements . ’ |
| 15 | We 've been picking up some bad vibes on that guy . |
| 16 | I 've been gone just two days , and when I return you 're in a stranger 's clothes with a bandaged hand , and an odd expression on your face . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ You 've been gone almost two hours . ’ |
| 18 | Mr Deputy Speaker how right you are Mr Deputy Speaker , I 've been trying very hard methodically to stick these regulations , unfortunately when you get members ask you direct questions if one does n't get any kind of answer it gives the impression you 're ignoring them . |
| 19 | That has a go , an attack , about everything because you 've been rejected so many times , so many times , and will continue to be rejected when we get the next election that you 're frightened to death to have . |
| 20 | The great problem we face is that obviously the authorities in South Africa do n't want the picture to be made , and we 're shooting it in Zimbabwe , where we 've been made very welcome , and erm the difficulties is the creation of South Africa in Zimbabwe , which means you have to go all over the place . |
| 21 | they 've gave us since we 've been creating that much she 's had been in to see Mr she said and he says oh no he says er that 's not right Brenda , he says er mine are all guaranteed until they 're earning that money he says you ca n't just do it |
| 22 | ‘ You 've been acting bloody peculiar for months now . ’ |
| 23 | Probably cos they 've been done that much . |
| 24 | I think you 'd better go next door , you 've been warned enough this afternoon . |
| 25 | ‘ What fools we 've been to waste so much precious time . |
| 26 | Which should have been done a long time ago , and I 've been given yet another extension . |
| 27 | We 've been prowling around all day on a level with earthworms and rusty , broken down appliances , pressing our ears against the hot wooden trapdoor to the cellar and hearing the silence of ghosts . |
| 28 | ‘ Maybe you really do have that fast , incisive mind I 've been hearing so much about lately ? ’ |
| 29 | ‘ I 've been hearing how marvellous you are , ’ said Ricky drily to Violet , ‘ but I 'd no idea how marvellous . |
| 30 | Many times in this council when we 've been discussing more important points , when we 've been discussing the needs of people who have real needs , we have not been able to have our priority we have not been able to have our priority because we could not afford it . |